The Women of Islam in The House of Allah

The Women of Islam in The House of Allah Articles Wednesday, 01 Sha'ban 1428 Women in Islam

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Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

One day when the Messenger of Allah was sitting amongst us, he dozed off. He then raised his head, s He said: A Surah has just been revealed to me, and then recited: In the name of Allah, the Compassion (Sahih Muslim)

The implication of this Hadith is that those who change the religion that was left by Prophet Muhammad

Let us also recall another prophecy concerning the alarming extent to which Muslims would deviate from

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr: Allahs Messenger said: There will befall my Ummah exactly (all those) evils

What should we do if we Muslims are to protect ourselves and our religion at that time of abandonment o

Narrated Ali ibn Abi Talib: Al-Harith al-Awar: While passing through the Masjid I found the people engro (Sunan Tirmidhi)

The Quran, in turn, has asked us to hold fast to the Sunnah (way) of the Prophet:

You have indeed in the Messenger of Allah an excellent model (of conduct) for any one whose hope is i (Quran, al-Ahzab, 33:21)

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A DANGEROUS MISTAKE FOR WHICH WE WILL PAY DEARLY

Prophet Muhammad warnednot prevent women from coming to the Masjid Messenger (peace and blessi Do his followers: If Allah Most High, or His (for prayer).

And yet, despite the clear orders of the Prophet concerning the rights of Muslim women in the house of A

But the deprivation of Muslim womens rights is not limited to their exclusion from the House of Allah. Ev

But Prophet Muhammad very clearly placed men and women in the Masjid to pray in the same space w

Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet said: The best row for the men (in the Masjid) is the first (row) a (Sahih Muslim)

It is quite clear from the above Hadith that men are supposed to first fill the front row in the Masjid, and th

Narrated Asma daughter of Abu Bakr: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: One of you who believes in (Sunan Abu Daud)

The inescapable implication of both the above Ahadith is that women prayed in the Prophets Masjid in th

The remedy for the present situation in which women are deprived of their rights, even in the house of A

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